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Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT)

Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT)

An investment trust specialised in investing in commercial property such as parking garages or GP offices.

An investment trust specialised in investing in commercial property such as parking garages or GP offices.

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index-linked gilts

Gilts where the dividends and principal repayments are related to movements in the Retail Prices Index (RPI). This is as opposed to a conventional gilt, where the dividends and principal repayments are fixed in nominal terms.
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Venture Capital

A type of financing that investors provide to startups, who sometimes announce getting said financing in TechCrunch, to big fanfare.
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Net asset value

Mutual funds and investment trusts are priced on their net asset value (NAV).
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Diversification

An investment strategy in which money is put into a variety assets.
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52-week high/low

The highest, or lowest, price a share has traded at in a passing year.
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Gross Margin

The difference between a company's revenue and the cost to produce its goods/services, divided by revenue.
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Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF)

A collection of investments, pooled into a single fund that can be bought and sold on a stock exchange.
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Costs and Charges

The money you pay when investing.
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Bed & ISA

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